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Meletiy Smotrytskyi
Meletius Smotrytsky ( uk, Мелетій Смотрицький, translit=Meletii Smotrytskyi; be, Мялецій Сматрыцкі, translit=Mialiecij Smatrycki; russian: Мелетий Смотрицкий, translit=Meletiy Smotritsky; pl, Melecjusz Smotrycki), né Maksym Herasymovych Smotrytsky (c. 1577 – 17 or 27 December 1633), Archbishop of Polotsk (Metropolitan of Kyiv), was a writer, a religious and pedagogical activist of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a Ruthenian language, Ruthenian linguist whose works influenced the development of the Eastern Slavic languages. His book "Slavonic Grammar with Correct Syntax" (1619) systematized the study of Church Slavonic and became the standard grammar book in Russia right up till the end of the 18th century. He believed in the revival of the Orthodox religion in traditionally Slavic lands (see Slavic people) centered in the Tsardom of Russia, Tsardom of Muscovy. General Born in Smotrych (urban-type settlement), Smotry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smotrych (urban-type Settlement)
Smotrych ( uk, Смотрич; pl, Smotrycz) is an urban-type settlement in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Smotrych hosts the administration of Smotrych settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The town's population was 2,102 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census and as of 2021. Its Jewish population was murdered en masse during the Holocaust. The settlement was first founded in the first half of the 15th century. It was granted the Magdeburg rights in 1448. In 1960, Smotrych was granted the status of an urban-type settlement. The town lies on the banks of the Smotrych River. Until 18 July 2020, Smotrych belonged to Dunaivtsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Dunaivtsi Raion was merged into Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion. People from Smotrych * Meletius Smotrytsky (1577-1633), religious and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |